OUT OF WHACK

These Oakley sunglasses cost $160. The last pair of glasses that I purchased from my eye doctor in Az cost $750. Thank goodness I don't need them anymore after my recent lasic surgery, but c'mon.

I don't know which is worse. The generic prescribed sunglasses or the made to specification regular glasses.

I'd say my regular glasses. I lost my eye insurance coverage when I retired. It used to allow me a new pair every two years. But not at that rate. They might have paid what the Oakleys cost, but I'd been stuck with the rest. Yet had I got them at Wal-Mart for $88, that's what they would have paid. No padding my wallet. But that's insurance for you.

I guess I shouldn't complain. I made the choice of what eye doctor to see, what kinds of glasses to get. As far as sunglasses, I don't have Oakleys, but I have Maui Jim's which also border on the absurd in price. Plus, I have sunglasses all over the house depending on which door I'm going out. What are you gonna do living in the desert where the sun shines bright on my old adobe home?

So now my quandry is where do I find someone who has my identical prescription to sell a slightly used pair of glasses? I'd let them go for say $500. Plus a pair of old Bolle sunglasses with a little chip in the right lens.